YAY! lol I'm happy *does happy dance hehe* SWIB is my personal fave too right now, let's see how AS progresses before I make a final decision LOL!
Yeah it has twice the drama and length of SWIB so it better be good! LOL!!!Haha, it will be... You're freakin Yoda! :D
LMAO How did I know you were gonna post something about that? For those of you that don't know apparently I'm the yoda of character development (in Tri's words). I'd like to be an egotist and say yes but...that'd be totally against type so hehe I'm glad someone enjoys it!
Owh and my first question: Is it necessary to read the first one first or can I just start off reading SIB?
AWW!!! I love you Julilly!! That's a HUGE compliment coming from you!!! And AWESOME question!! (lol being a journalism major questions are sorta my game LOL)
Sometimes in SWIB I was like maybe I shouldn't have made the whole Brandon thing into a really big issue. However with that said it's become such an integral part of the plot that I'm like hmmm that's cool!
hehe Aren't they fun? I loved reading everyone elses too! So I was like super excited when I learned it was my turn! hehe ok I need to lay off the halloween candy lol I am almost done with chapter 15 of AS
I'm trying to think of more clever questions for you but my brain isn't working properly lol I need to turn it in and get myself a new one. :P
So i'm going to steal some of my questions I have asked other people lol
For someone like me who isn't big on the romance side of fiction, tell me some things that would draw me in into your story. Plot points that don't have to do with a romantic aspect.
Or for people who live for that sort of thing, what has been your favorite scene to write concerning the relationship between Nick and Ali?
(I hope I got that right?)and why?
Also give us some of your favorite quotes from your story (either the first or the sequel) and this one is for anyone who is reading or has read both of these stories. I have a feeling Tri has a few favorites she can share.
You can tell us who said it or you can just put the quote and have people guess. :)
Well a series for me is done when all that I have planned is completed. Like with NI it's like i planned this whole thing out. And figured that once I've done all that I've planned I'll be done with it. Which is true, originally it was going to be ONE LONG story, but then I just broke everything down and into separate stories with separate themes. And so far I have 6 stories planned in total.
1. Waiting In The Wings (the early years of the friendship)
2. Everything But Mine - 2002-2004
3. Accidentally In Love
4. Somewhere I Belong
5. Kisses Don't lie - Spin-off story
6. Always Something
All in all you could read AIL through AS and then go and read the two prequels I have planned, that's sort of how I have it designed, however, you could go star wars style and read them all straight through once they're all completed which if I know Tri she'll be the one doing that LMAO!
LMAO is it sad that I can talk like yoda though? LOL A Life I need ROFL! okay i'm a major dork
oh i'm pretty sure i'm gonna get reactions liek "OMG HOW COULD YOU!" and stuff like that but it comes with the territory, i went off on sarah when i thought she was gonna kill Nick in PTW so it comes with the territory.
alot of OMG THAT'S SO SAD! but I figured that would happen. It's the tragedy they need right now!!
yes it does scare me, like tonight i had a major freak out, just ask tri and mel. cuz this chapter is so huge and important and there's something that happens that sets the tone for the next almost ten chapters before things start to get better. and well it's just huge and tri and mel had to talk me out of quitting completely.
yes it does scare me, like tonight i had a major freak out, just ask tri and mel. cuz this chapter is so huge and important and there's something that happens that sets the tone for the next almost ten chapters before things start to get better. and well it's just huge and tri and mel had to talk me out of quitting completely.
Wow....just wow...I didn't realize all of you thought it was that great or powerful a message. That's just....whoa.. .it means so much to me. I was up crying most of the night because I was like "great I just ruined my entire story!" but hearing all of your opinions, different though they may be. Have just reinforced my confidence in my writing...than k you so so much.
Is it bad that this series...at it's funniest moments makes me crack up while writing it, at it's darkest like now makes me all weepy and crying as I write?? Or am I just too emotionally attached?
Is it bad that this series...at it's funniest moments makes me crack up while writing it, at it's darkest like now makes me all weepy and crying as I write?? Or am I just too emotionally attached?
Nope not at all! I think all writers do that. I know I have. When they're happy I'm happy and when they're going through something emotional I've found myself with tears streaming down my face as I write. I think that a good writer is someone who really forces themselves to feel what their characters are going through and the only unfortunate part is that at parts like this it can be emotionally draining
I totally agree. When I made the decision to kill Tammy, I was off for a while. I had to remove myself from it for a while and just plow through it because I was taking it way too seriously. I can't imagine what you're going through, Teri. I'm not strong enough to write what you are how well you are.
*blushes* Katrina Marie! You flatter me too much! I'm not all that great, and you can protest all you want I'll never see it lol. I just love to write terribly romantic, angstydramatic with humorous moments in my stories. Call me great but I guess I just like and really need that balance of emotions. One of the GREATEST movie quotes is from Ali's favorite movie: Miami Rhapsody
"No I think that somedays are shit and others are spectacular and if the good days out number the bad ones then that's what marriage is about" and every story I write, I sorta use that as a monicker I guess lol.
u are a dork but i luff u anyways. this part in my story is really theraputic for me. i've been going through so much and the grief Nick and Ali are going through is reminscent of what i'm going through at the moment.
Is it bad that this series...at it's funniest moments makes me crack up while writing it, at it's darkest like now makes me all weepy and crying as I write?? Or am I just too emotionally attached?
Aww thanks Sarah! You pretty much summed up what Tri's been trying to drill into my head hehe!
Yeah Tri is AWESOME at drilling things into my head. She's by far one of my best betas ever! And personally a really close friend so it's good that I can go to her for an honest opinion about my story. And I act it out too. To the point where I'll blast music in my room and literally act out the dialogue between the characters. I'm weird yes but oh well it works for me apparently LOL.
And updated!!!!!! Chapter 24 is up!
^ WOW! See this is WHY I talk to you Tri. You made me feel about 100 times better than last night, urgh I was just so upset dealing with so many things. And it's actually given me quite a bit of inspiration for chapter 26, and how though Ali just had a breakdown, it's not the end of emotional rollercoaster
woo 26 is up! lol and november's almost over *boooo!* lol i'll have to go back to updating in my own thread LOL!
lol true. But usually I just move onto the next featured thread and focus on that new story lol i'm weird yes! lol. But I'm really happy right now, and will be oh so happy to see who gets featured next hehe. I'm sure everyone whose been featured can totally understand that it's MAJORLY inspiring. hell this month alone I've written I think about 10-15 chapters. soo it's really awesome. And yes we need to start that thread tri!